Bangladesh (bgd)

Bangladesh

Bangladesh ranks 10,750th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Alexandria, Romania, and The Bahamas. Memorable people born in Bangladesh include Avijit Roy. Memorable people who died in Bangladesh include Bayazid Bastami. Bangladesh has been the birth place of many writers and the death place of many philosophers. Bangladesh is located in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and seventh most densely populated with a population of 173,562,364 in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi). Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. To the south, it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. To the north, it is separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the mountainous Indian state of Sikkim. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial, and cultural centre. Chittagong is the second-largest city and the busiest port. The official language is Bengali, with Bangladeshi English also used in government. Islam is the official and largest religion and Bengali Muslims form the largest ethnoreligious group in the country. Read more on Wikipedia